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... all the way down to a dead end with no train! Francesca also with iPad in hand takes charge but she too fails to get the correct information. Anyhow we kept this little scenario up for ages and finally we decided to take one of the trains which we thought may get us there. Off we run as the train is about to leave, running fast pushing suitcases, backpacks jiggling, bags pulling on our necks when the conductor tells us no! You must use your ...

... s daughter (Jasmine) has been studying in France for a big chunk of 2015 and decided that she would marry her fab Italian fiance before they both headed back to oz. When we booked our trip we didn't know anything about the wedding but luckily the wedding was last night and we fly out tonight. It was an amazing affair in downtown Verona - the venue was a small room in a historic art gallery followed by dinner at an amazing restaurant that has ...

Day 24 Today we pick up our bikes, have our pre tour briefing and the introductory dinner. I wandered down to breakfast at 9am and found Bill and Joan in the dinning room. The selection of breakfast items was even less than the day before. It would seem that, unlike other hotels, they do not top up the items on offer when they run low. Following breakfast Joan ...

... of (if slightly too expensive) restaurants. On the way home we picked up a few sausages from a famous local butcher and then spent the evening watching the sun go down, sausage baguette and red wine in hand. Before Mark had to depart for Sail Croatia, there was just time to explore San Gimignano (lovely) and then wait by the world's most beautiful bus stop, tucking into some delicious Birra Moretti alla Toscana. Goodbye to Mark, thanks for the good company and much increased ...

Belgirate is a tiny village on Maggiore's South Western shores, around 5km south of the larger town centre of Stresa. Federico was on the platform to met us and drive us the short distance into the village, then walk us up the laneway steps to his second floor apartment. Once his own home, this is by far the most comfortable and tasteful of rented apartments we have stayed in to date on our travels. Exquisitely renovated in modern ...